Maximizing Your Work Productivity

• What is the goal with productivity?
  • Make the most of time
  • Not just to stay busy
• Keeping your mind like water is a key to staying productive.
• Email productivity
  • Is Inbox zero a realistic goal?
  • Emails aren't messages, they're actions
• Task management
  • Task management systems: Asana, Clickup, Teamwork
  • Hundreds of Ways to Get S#!+ Done—and We Still Don’t (Wired Magazine article)
  • Block off time on your calendar to get work done
• Taking notes
  • Disposable notes —> trusted systems.
  • What are the best ways to take notes?
• Deep work
  • Deep Work by Cal Newport
  • Mickey is better about "deep study" than deep work.
    Things like Kindle, reMarkable and Brain.fm help with that.
  • Task switching is tempting, but it's the enemy of productivity. 
  • Deep work takes intentionality, but it always yields the best results.
  • Find a space that's free from distractions. 
  • Shut the door. 
  • Clear off your desk. 
  • Turn off notifications.
  • Put on music or white noise in headphones.